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Jordan said on Tuesday it condemned in "severest" terms a visit by Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
"Jordan condemns in the severest of terms the storming of the Aqsa mosque and violating its sanctity," said a statement by the foreign ministry.
Ben-Gvir briefly toured the site under heavy security.
The compound is Islam's third holiest site after Makkah and Madinah and Judaism's most sacred site, a vestige of two ancient temples of the faith.